<p>Well, I never been in a relationship before...but I would like to start dating sometime in college. I was wondering..is it hard to balance being in relationship with your schoolwork??? Will it affect your grades in college? I'm going to be a freshmen at CSUN this fall..I might won't start dating until second year of college. I was just wondering.</p>
<p>It depends on how serious you get and how much you let it take over your life. As long as you know where to draw the line and know your priorities (school work>relationship), you’ll do fine.</p>
<p>^^Agreed, it depends on how much self control you have, and how aware you are of your responsibilities. In high school, mummy and daddy could tell you not to stay out late with the boyfriend/girlfriend so you could study for a test instead, but in college you just have yourself to rely on. You make your own judgements, nobody is there to control your choices.</p>
<p>As for balancing, I haven’t found it to be hard. It helps that my bf goes to a different school, so I see him on the weekends and randomly sometimes during the week days. We’re both very busy people, so we understand and respect each other’s responsibilities. Around finals we would study together, have dinner, and then study some more. (If you want to date somebody, make sure they’re as busy as you are, otherwise they’re going to sit online and complain that you’re neglecting them.)</p>
<p>It wasn’t hard for me to balance it. We also go to different schools near each other, so I didn’t see him most of the week unless it was a special circumstance (talked every day though on the phone) and stayed with him on the weekend. I usually tried to do all my work during the week so I could have a weekend off, but we worked/studied together as well.</p>